Bobotie Squares

Ingredients

30 ml sunflower oil 1 onion, chopped 2 garlic cloves, chopped 20 ml curry powder 5 ml cajun spice 20 ml cumin powder 10 ml brown sugar salt and pepper to taste 600 g lean beef mince 2 slices of Sasko White Bread, crust removed 200 ml milk 5 ml turmeric 45 ml chutney 80 g sultanas 10 ml grated lemon rind 3 Nulaid Eggs 150 ml fresh cream 2.5 ml nutmeg 2 bananas to serve chutney

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180ºC and butter an ovenproof 20 x 20cm baking dish.

Heat the oil in a heavy based pot on the stove and sauté the onions until soft and fragrant. Add the garlic, curry powder, cajun spice, cumin powder and sugar and stir fry for 2 to 3 minutes then add the mince, season with salt and pepper, sauté until brown, put the lid on and cook on slow heat for 20 minutes.

In the mean time soak the bread in the milk. Squeeze the milk out of the bread (reserve the milk). Mix the bread, turmeric, chutney, sultanas, lemon rind and one egg.

Remove the mince from the stove add the bread mixture and mix very well. Transfer to the baking dish and bake in the pre-heated oven for 10 minutes.

Whisk together the reserved milk with the 2 remaining eggs, fresh cream and nutmeg, season with salt and pepper, pour over the mince and bake for 20 minutes or until topping is golden brown. Remove from the oven and cool down.

Slice into small cubes and top each cube with a slice of banana, and serve with a bowl of chutney on the side.

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